Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-01-07

Lii. ing tit"': !uTtain
PUNISuM:.Nr SUSPENDED.
4 four-vear- old miss Of Main street,
with Il serious air said to her neither the
other day: Ma. | think | ought to get
Il spanking" Mamma made an effort to
look her sharply in the eye. when the
little one ~,dded: Il guess you needn't
mind this time won't be naughty
again: 3 Btjo CJtrier.
RDBBY APPLIES \ TEsT
Robby. aged three. complained that
his tea, the regulation milk-and- water
article. was not to his taste His moth
er beside whom he was seated. said
. "Why, Robby. my tea is very good. y
Suppose we change teas, suggested
Rob5y.-Bt5yhood
LIBERAL INTERPRETATION.
In school. The teacher takes out his
watch.
AS we have few minutes before we
close, you can ask any question you
wish
One little kid comes forward.
Teacher. what time is it, please?'-
SIN FraHciSr0 Chr0Hic{6.
\ HITCH IN THE PROGRAMME.
There is little boy down in Lynn
who is given to the telling of very large
stories and who often has to be chasten-
ed for untruthfulness. Not long since
his father. to try the effect of a new
treatment. gave over the usual method
Of punishment and told the boy the story
OF Ananias and Sapphira with all the
impreS>iveneSS that he could master.
The boy seemed to be much edited by
the narrative.
The very next evening, when the
father came home. he found his wife
leaning over the boy with tears in her
eyes.
What is the matter?" the father ask
ed
"Oh. Willie has been telling another
great big lie said she.
Yes, papa said the boy. 'and God
didn't dead me, either. .'-Boston Record.
WANTED FULL CREDIT.
4 benevolent young lady, who had
for a long time sought to convey gone
lasting moral lessons to young boys at
the North End who had been gathered
into her class. while conversing with
one of the Youngsters recently, referred
to the death OF his brother, when he
spoke up in a tone expressive of pride
and qualification: ''Oh, that amt all
the dead got; had mother brother die
awhile ago. Boston Journal.
BIRDIE AT THE FAIR.
Groups of picnicking youngsters dot
ted the grass in every directioc. The
tents We're possessed by them. Their
eager. flushed faces and bright dresses
encountered one everywhere as the joy
Gus multitude surged from one a;trac
ton To another Tiny girltots of five
and six had invested their little all in
baby dolls about six inches long. of
waNeN countenance and wooden legs
and that pauCity of attire which usually
characteriZes the small wax dolls.
Birdie. said conclliatorily to a wee
damScl who was surveying hers with the
most uualloyed satisfaction, where did
YOU get that?'
In the main Buildin' fom gemplum,' -
said Birdie, turning her dimpled face up
at me truStfuly.
And how much did you pay for it?"
inquired.
''Nossin. De gemplum said Here's
de dolls for little dirls, SO | dess took
it.
did not explain the nature of petty
larceny to her. She will know soon
enough. Let her believe in the benefi-
cence of all mankind towards ''little
dirls." thought |, as long as she can
ToroRto Globe.
HOW MUCH OUT OF THE WAY.
1t was at a dinner-table. His father
was saying something to his mother
about dynamite. oh" exclaimed Jack.
looking across to Eloise with an evident
desire to impress her with his acquire
ments, Il know what dynamite is"
What is it:' inquired Eloise. 1T is
something that you b'asphcme rocks
with Jack explained. Philadelphia
CdLk
Why 1t was Too Late.
You see, the way of it was this, he